Learn about fun, educational and practical programs unique to Macs. Leave this hands on session with a basic understanding of the following utilities and applications:
Photo Booth - use the built in camera for pictures
Grab - Select parts of your screen to take pictures to save or print
Grapher - Create 2D and 3D graphs of mathmatical formulas
Dashboard - Set up quick shortcuts and widgets from your desktop
"With so many different apps to choose from in the Apple App Store, how can you tell the gems from the duds? Lucky for you, SOITA is here to set you straight! During this session we will take a look at some of the most amazing, jaw-dropping iPad apps the App Store has to serve up. Grab your iPad, a pen or pencil, and your iTunes gift cards because these apps will make you look at your iPad in a whole new light." (https://secure.soita.org/calendarWeekView.aspx?schools=0,1,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13&types=1,2,24,25,26,32&eventID=1838&viewDate=10/12/2010)
Type: Video - Conference
Google Docs
Date: Tuesday, October 19
Provider
Ross Staff: Jayne Neufarth and Tricia Kluener
Description
Google Docs is a powerful tool that makes collaborating with others easy and convenient. Multiple users, chosen by you, can access the same documents or presentations at the same time and can add content simultaneously. Collaborators can access their files from any computer with Internet access and can edit any time, any place. Software and platform issues are eliminated, as no software is needed.
Type: Hands On
Materials
Create an account in Google Docs
Starting at www.google.com click more and choose documents from the drop down menu.
Create an account and sign in.
Create, Save, and Export a document in Google Docs
Click Create new and choose document from the drop down menu.
Save your document in your Google Docs account (click File - Save).
Download your document to your computer as word (click File - Download).
Upload a document in Google Docs
Click Upload from the main page in your Google docs account.
Click Select Files to Upload, then choose the file you would like to upload.
Click Start Upload.
Your document will appear in your file list.
Share a document in Google Docs
Click the Share button then, Sharing Settings. You will need an email address for each person you would like to share with. Use a comma to add multiple email addresses. An invitation to view/edit the document email will be sent to anyone you share your document with. Users must click on the link through the email to add the document to their Google docs accounts. To view a shared document users must have a Google Docs account. If a user does not have an account they will be prompted to create one through the invitation email.
When you share a document you can give users access to edit or just view your document.
When a document is shared it will automatically be updated in all accounts when anyone makes a change.
Work smarter not harder through Excel! Managing student data doesn't have to be overwhelming. In 3 steps you can quickly and effectively navigate spreadsheets, organize and analyze student results. Bring your student data excel files with you to work on.
3 Steps to Organize Your Data
Step 1: Prepare Your File to Sort with the 'Edit, Find, Replace' tool
Step 2: Sort Your Data by multiple categories
Step 3: Color-Code by changing text color and/or adding fill color/highlighting
If time allows we will also work on copying and pasting cells that are not connected or touching from one tab to another using the control or apple key.
Technology Professional Development
October Sessions
Get to Know Your Mac
Date: Tuesday, October 5
Provider
Ross Staff: Jayne Neufarth and Tricia Kluener
Description
Learn about fun, educational and practical programs unique to Macs. Leave this hands on session with a basic understanding of the following utilities and applications:
Photo Booth - use the built in camera for pictures
Grab - Select parts of your screen to take pictures to save or print
Grapher - Create 2D and 3D graphs of mathmatical formulas
Dashboard - Set up quick shortcuts and widgets from your desktop
Stickies - Digital post-it notes
Quickly Save Word Files as PDFs
Type: Hands On
Materials
Great iPad Apps for Your Classroom
Date: Tuesday, October 12
Provider
SOITA
Description
"With so many different apps to choose from in the Apple App Store, how can you tell the gems from the duds? Lucky for you, SOITA is here to set you straight! During this session we will take a look at some of the most amazing, jaw-dropping iPad apps the App Store has to serve up. Grab your iPad, a pen or pencil, and your iTunes gift cards because these apps will make you look at your iPad in a whole new light." (https://secure.soita.org/calendarWeekView.aspx?schools=0,1,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13&types=1,2,24,25,26,32&eventID=1838&viewDate=10/12/2010)
Type: Video - Conference
Google Docs
Date: Tuesday, October 19
Provider
Ross Staff: Jayne Neufarth and Tricia Kluener
Description
Google Docs is a powerful tool that makes collaborating with others easy and convenient. Multiple users, chosen by you, can access the same documents or presentations at the same time and can add content simultaneously. Collaborators can access their files from any computer with Internet access and can edit any time, any place. Software and platform issues are eliminated, as no software is needed.
Type: Hands On
Materials
Create an account in Google Docs
Create, Save, and Export a document in Google Docs
Upload a document in Google Docs
Share a document in Google Docs
For more help see Using Google Docs in the classroom: Simple as ABC
Click here for Information on creating students accounts using one Gmail account.
Google Docs Tutorial Video:
http://www.woopid.com/video/1104/Google-Docs-Introduction
Create a Google Spreadsheet Tutorial Video:
http://www.woopid.com/video/2210/Create-a-Spreadsheet-in-Google
Excel: Working with Student Data
Date: Tuesday, October 26
Provider
Ross Staff: Tricia Kluener
Description
Work smarter not harder through Excel! Managing student data doesn't have to be overwhelming. In 3 steps you can quickly and effectively navigate spreadsheets, organize and analyze student results. Bring your student data excel files with you to work on.
3 Steps to Organize Your Data
Step 1: Prepare Your File to Sort with the 'Edit, Find, Replace' tool
Step 2: Sort Your Data by multiple categories
Step 3: Color-Code by changing text color and/or adding fill color/highlighting
If time allows we will also work on copying and pasting cells that are not connected or touching from one tab to another using the control or apple key.
Type: Hands On
Materials
Introduction to Excel Tutorial